Travel company posing as Marriott in telemarketing scam

Has anyone else been receiving these calls? I keep getting them on my cell phone and the recording usually starts out posing as Marriott though I have also received the same style recordings posing as Priceline, Expedia, even United Airlines.

The caller ID will usually show a local number - this is because the caller is using hacked cell phones to munge the caller-ID into showing up as a local call. The "Travel Agency" is actually a group calling themselves Holiday Sands International out of Cancun Mexico. Their website is holidaysandsinternational dot com and they game me a number of 1-800-982-7431een

This has been going on for several months now and the complaints are really starting to pile up and Holiday Sands International is rally giving Marriott a black-eye online because of all the illegal telemarketing.

Apologies for the frustration, v3! We are aware of scam phone calls like this being made. We are doing what we can to stop them. If you would like, you can report the details of the calls to the Federal Trade Commission.

More information regarding scam calls as well as emails can be found at the following link.

Reporting this company to the FTC can't be done because they are operating out of Mexico. They are also using munged numbers on the caller ID so there is no way to block or trace a certain number as it always changes.m

This website is responsible for the biggest Marriott telemarketing scam. I have forwarded the info to legal@marriott.com but I do not know if Marriott as contacted this travel agency. I have also contacted the Mexico Federal Attorney's Office of Consumer (PROFECO) and filed a complaint about their illegal tactics.

I have some the calls recorded. The one I listed above is a typical fake Marriott Rewards telemarketing call.

If Marriott is interested in stopping these fake Marriott calls I have provided the recording, their contact info including a toll free number, and even the owner's name. You really can't get any more info than that!